The Important Pharmaceutical Machine Granulator
A granulator is a device that uses specific mechanical actions to produce granular products from materials such as powders, blocks, or solutions.
1. Main types
Swing granulator
The swing granulator mainly adopts the principle of rotary granulation. Its working part is a drum with a sieve, which uses the reciprocating swing motion of the drum to pass the material through the sieve and form particles. The granulator has a simple structure and is easy to operate, suitable for small and medium-sized granulation production, such as some small pharmaceutical or food factories.
Efficient wet granulator
An efficient wet granulator is a device that integrates mixing and granulation functions. First, the materials in the container are fully stirred and mixed, then the adhesive is added through the spray device, and finally particles are formed. This granulator is suitable for applications that require high particle quality, such as producing high-quality drug particles in the pharmaceutical industry.
Boiling granulator
Boiling granulator, also known as fluidized bed granulator, is mainly based on the principle of spray granulation. Granulation is carried out in a fluidized bed container with airflow, and the material is in a boiling state under the action of the airflow. The adhesive is sprayed into the container through a nozzle, causing the material to aggregate into particles. This granulator can simultaneously complete multiple processes such as mixing, granulation, and drying, with high production efficiency, and is widely used in industries such as pharmaceuticals and food.
Pharmaceutical industry
A granulator is a device that turns drug powder into granules, facilitating the packaging, transportation, and management of drugs. For example, some unpleasant tasting medication powders can be made into granules to improve the patient's medication experience. At the same time, granulation also helps to achieve uniform mixing of drugs, ensuring the stability of ingredients in each dose.
For some sustained-release drugs, the granulation process can encapsulate the drug in special materials, allowing the drug to slowly release in the body and prolong its efficacy.
Food industry
When making snacks, such as crushing potato chips into granular snacks. It is also used to make various cereal foods, such as making oat flour into oat granules for easy consumption.
Granulators are also widely used in pet food manufacturing, turning various pet food ingredients into granules suitable for pets to consume and digest.
Feed industry
Corn meal, soybean meal and other feeds can be mixed into pellet feed. The advantage of pellet feed is that the distribution of nutrients is uniform, reducing animal pickiness and making it difficult to disperse during storage and transportation.
For aquatic feed, pellet machines can produce sinking or floating feed pellets suitable for different aquatic animals, such as fish and shrimp.
Suzhou Pharma Machinery Co.,Ltd.
2025/06/11
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